Belgien blev 1 januari första EU-land att förbjuda engångsvapes som en del av sin anti-tobaksstrategi. Förbudet motiveras som en insats för folkhälsan, miljön och för att minska ungdomsbruket – men har samtidigt väckt frågor om dess faktiska effekt inom just de områdena.
Eurobrands distribution AB, which operates the website Cigge.se and seven physical stores, files for bankruptcy. This is announced by the owner Harm Reduction Group in a press release. "We have fought hard to save Eurobrands Distribution, but when the banks close the credits, we no longer have any alternatives" says Petter Strömberg, CEO of Harm Reduction Group
Vape and white snuff are big business in London. And in the heart of the city's most central neighbourhood, Soho, is the Soho Vapes store, where actors, musicians and film people queue with restaurant workers and tourists to buy e-cigarettes, juices and chat with the store's charismatic owner Thuy Nguyen.
Why aren't more smokers interested in using e-cigarettes? Researchers at Rutgers University want to find out. In a new study, a team of researchers will examine adults' smoking habits and perceptions of e-cigarettes.
Several of the leading Chinese vejp companies are now researching chemicals as substitutes for nicotine, known as nicotine analogues. The aim is to potentially use them in e-cigarettes in the future.
